Environmental Litigation

Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC represents private and public entities in environmental litigation and related matters across the country ranging from single land owner cost-recovery and nuisance claims to some of the largest federal Superfund sites. Our attorneys' educational, technical and professional backgrounds have allowed us to create an exemplary team that is particularly well suited to represent clients in environmental matters. We represent plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of disputes involving the environment, including insurance disputes, cost-recovery actions, contribution actions, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Oil Pollution Act (OPA) litigation, similar state law actions, nuisance and property damage litigation, natural resource damages litigation, and many other matters relating to contamination and impaired real property. Our representations include matters in state and federal courts, before state and federal regulatory agencies, as well as in various alternative dispute resolution forums.

Environmental litigation involves unique and complex legal and technical challenges. Our attorneys have the legal knowledge and experience necessary to address the complexities associated with environmental litigation and administrative matters, as well as the technical knowledge necessary to address the difficulties and challenges presented by environmental litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Our practice and educational backgrounds in government, earth sciences, economics, ecology and social sciences allow our attorneys to work at a high level of cooperation with environmental, technical and economic expert witnesses. Our attorneys' knowledge and understanding of the scientific issues frequently presented in environmental matters allows us to collaboratively oversee and manage the technical consultants and expert witnesses required for environmental litigation in a well-organized and cost effective manner.

Corporate responsibility for historical contamination is often a key issue in environmental litigation. Tracing liability through a web of historical land ownership, corporate succession, divestments, mergers and assignments in order to identify the proper liable entities, as well as identifying contaminant sources, are vital to successfully prosecuting and defending environmental litigation. Our attorneys have extensive experience in tracing corporate ownership and liability to the responsible party.

Environmental litigation, like all litigation, can be very expensive and impact a client's ability to conduct business. At Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, we are committed to providing the highest level of service to our clients in the most cost effective manner possible. We work closely with our clients to develop alternative and innovative methods to address the cost of complex litigation. Such arrangements may include hourly rates, flat fees, blended rates and/or pure or partial contingency fees. In addition, we work with and monitor technical consultants and experts witnesses to ensure that their services are fully and efficiently integrated into our litigation strategy and budget.

Bill Jackson will present "Legal and Strategic Considerations in Settling Large Sites" to the Law Seminars International Natural Resource Damages conference in Santa Fe, NM on July 16 & 17, 2015. For more information regarding this presentation and/or conference,
please click here.

Presentation at the Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC shareholder John Hagan was awarded the 2015 Excellence in Public Interest Award for
pro bono service in the field of public interest law.

Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC was again named a "Best Law Firm" by
U.S. News and
Best Lawyers in 2015.

Bill Jackson has again been honored as a leading Environmental Litigator by
Chambers and Partners' 2015 Chambers USA Guide.

Lori Warner was again named to "The Best Lawyers in America" in the Environmental practice area for 2015.

As part of a
pro bono team, Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs partner John Hagan obtained a landmark decision from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals that fundamentally changes the process for certifying juveniles to stand trial as adults in the State of Texas.

Bill Jackson was named to "Texas Super Lawyers" for Environmental Litigation again for 2014.

Will Petit and Kenny Corley were again named "Texas Rising Stars" by Super Lawyers in 2015.

Lori Warner and Bill Jackson were named "Top Rated Lawyers in Energy, Environmental and Natural Resources" in the
American Lawyer and
The National Law Journal.

Bill Jackson and Lori Warner were honored in the
Texas Lawyer as "Top Rated Lawyers in Texas" and A/V preeminent by
Martindale-Hubbell.

Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC, serves the needs of its clients nationwide, regionally, and across Texas. Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC is currently representing clients in Natural Resource Damages, Superfund, and Environmental matters from Portland, Oregon to the Passaic River in New Jersey, and from the Clark Fork River Basin in Montana, to the State of Louisiana in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. In Texas, Jackson Gilmour & Dobbs, PC is based in Houston and has represented clients in Dallas, Austin, Galveston, El Paso, The Woodlands, Texas City, Pasadena, La Marque, Dickinson, Beaumont, Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, and Brownsville.